10 reasons why exterior waterproofing is superior to any interior type "water pours through your wall system"

Your basement is wet because it is sitting in water. Will you "fix" this by drilling holes in your walls to let the water and dampness inside, or will you drain this water away from your house by gravity? Note the dampness on this foundation wall is all the way up to the top, as well as the amount of water seeping out of the soil to the right of the ladder. If you had a hole in your roof would you "fix" it by installing a sump and a pump in your attic, or would you correct the problems in the roof to allow the water to drain away all by itself?

Take a tour and learn about the waterproofing process without any high pressure sales or scare tactics. Our site is designed to educate. Once consumers are made aware of the benefits, they easily choose an exterior waterproofing solution because it is just better and also healthier for your family. Our best customer is an educated customer.

"Your house is only as healthy as your basement"

Wet Crawlspace ???

Paraseal Membrane is applied to the exterior of your foundation walls to keep water and moisture away from your home and family. Wet foundation walls in a basement promote mold growth in your basement's walls, sheetrock, and insulation. A home protected by Paraseal prevents mold growth from growing and is a safer home for you and your family.

Allow Bobcats for Hire to expertly design and install a foundation drainage system to your home that succeeds in drying both the walls and also the floor of your basement. Our exterior systems incorporate a waterproof membrane and insulation that work together to keep your basement dry, warm, and mold free. An exterior foundation drain removes water BEFORE it pours through your foundation. When water issues are resolved from the outside, water naturally flows away from your house, not into it. This is done by using gravity, plenty of crushed stone, and without relying on mechanical pumps or electricity. Engineers agree that this is by far the best way to solve a leaky basement problem. Water is diverted away, and not seeping through walls to be collected in a basement sump. An exterior foundation drain will help to remove dampness and mold caused by moist walls. Our exterior Paraseal Membrane GM also reduces radon gas from entering through porous block walls. Interior style drains jack hammer your cement floor and allow radon to easily enter your home through the gap that is left in the installation. Much of New Jersey has high levels of Radon present, making an exterior solution both more effective and more safe. Doesn't your family deserve the peace of mind from an exterior waterproofing system? Our articulated excavators allow for digging in compact areas and also directly against foundations which is usually needed when correcting a leaky basement. Take a tour and learn about the waterproofing process without any high pressure sales or scare tactics. Our site is designed to educate. Once consumers are made aware of the benefits of an exterior waterproofing system, they easily choose our exterior membrane waterproofing solution because it is clearly better and also healthier for your family. Of course it costs more to install a waterproof membrane on the outside of your home, but ask yourself this question: If I am having a problem with water, mold, and moisture, do I want to keep the water out of my basement altogether, or will I be convinced by a salesman that I should drill holes in my house to direct the water flow into my basement because that is all that this salesman knows how to do? Our exterior system is designed to direct water and moisture away from your home, not into it. If your plans for the basement include finished living space for your family, and you plan to stay in your home, our exterior waterproofing system will be right for you.

Stop water and soil gasses BEFORE they pour through your walls with an exterior foundation drain. An exterior system will keep your basement floor AND walls dry because it stops the water from pouring through your block walls. Below is a photo during the installation of an exterior foundation drain, waterproof Paraseal membrane, and Tremco drainage board to the foundation wall. Paraseal is installed to the grade level to keep water and moisture outside of the building. Once the paraseal is installed, Trem-drain provides a second layer of protection to your home. The small pockets allow water to easily flow away from your home's foundation wall and down to the exterior footing drain below. Crushed stone, perforated PVC pipe, and protective filter fabric are also installed. In this photo, the waterproof Paraseal membrane will be installed all the way up to the exposed brick which is the grade level. The Paraseal membrane shown above protects the exterior basement walls from contact with the saturated soil. This allows your basement to be dry. The photo below has been taken recently of a basement not protected by Paraseal.

The Paraseal membrane shown above protects the exterior basement walls from contact with the saturated soil. This allows your basement to be dry. The photo below has been taken recently of a basement not protected by Paraseal. Digging a hole inside your basement will not stop water and dampness from accumulating in your block walls unless you protect the wall from the outside with Paraseal!

My neighbor's water drains onto my property. What can I do?

French Drainage Systems - How they work-

The purpose of a French Drainage System is to carry unwanted free standing water away from a building, such as your home. French drains are commonly installed near the perimeter of a building at the lowest point or anywhere where standing water is found. The system may terminate at any point where the water will not drain back toward the house. The best approach is to connect to a city storm drain, where possible, to totally remove the water from the property. A second best solution would be to run the water out to the street or to a dry well.

French drains can be shallow or deep drainage systems depending on soil type and grade changes. However, as with your plumbing waste drainage, French drains operate on the principle of gravity. The drain must slope downward. The minimum recommended slope is 1/4 inch per foot. If the landscape grade runs upward along the French drain path you will have to dig deeper to maintain a downward slope.

There are many variables that affect how individual houses develop water problems. Often it is a combination of factors that develop over time. French drains work by curing a symptom, not the cause. They extract the water collected in the drainage pipes to an outside location away from the area intended to be kept dry. It is always more beneficial to divert water on the outside of a foundation wall before it ever has an opportunity to penetrate the foundation. This method has several advantages which include reducing or eliminating mold, protecting the foundation from excess moisture, and also (usually), the benefit of a gravity only system.

(French drains). For residential or other small-scale buildings, perforated 4 in. (100 mm) plastic, ceramic, or concrete pipe is normally used around the periphery (see figure 9). It is laid in a trench, at the level of the footings, and protected from sediment with specifically designed wide roll filter fabric. 

The drains will collect rain water falling within the catchment area or lower the ground water level, thus reducing the quantity of water affecting the wall. The collected water must then either drain by gravity (preferred) or be pumped to nearby storm sewers.

Footing drains (French drains). Perforated pipe is placed opposite the footing to drain both ground water and excess water from periodic rain storms. Such drains will reduce but not necessarily eliminate rising damp in a wall.

When properly installed and sized, footing drains perform well. They will positively drain water from the catchment area.   Drains can last indefinitely, but periodic inspection and clean-outs are required to ensure that silt does not build up and that tree roots or animals have not damaged the piping.

Footing drains are most practical for suburban sites or others where the entire periphery of the building is readily accessible and positive drainage is possible (i.e., pumping is not required). Urban site can pose several complications including the inaccessibility of the building periphery to trenching and inability to establish positive drainage of collected water (pumps are often required).

Concrete Seepage tanks will disburse water onsite at an elevation lower than your basement floor.

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This flooded property suffered from a constant stream of water draining from the neighbor up the hill.  Water accumulated in this area all year long not only due to the long uphill grade in the background, but also because the neighbor's sump pumps discharged water almost continuously.  Bobcats for Hire successfully designed and installed a French Drain system to remove the unwanted standing water from our customer's property.  Our rubber track equipment easily moves about the muck where a wheel type loader would get stuck.